Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott
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"Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy" by Louisa May Alcott is a coming-of-age novel published in 1868-1869. The story follows four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—as they navigate the passage from childhood to womanhood in Civil War-era Massachusetts. Loosely based on Alcott's own family, the novel explores themes of domesticity, work, and love while depicting the joys and struggles of nineteenth-century women's lives. Through their adventures and challenges, the
March sisters embody different aspects of young American womanhood. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Merrill, Frank T., 1848-1923 |
| Title | Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Women |
| Credits | David Edwards, Ernest Schaal, Robert Homa, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Autobiographical fiction |
| Subject | Young women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Sisters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Family life -- New England -- Fiction |
| Subject | New England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Bildungsromans |
| Subject | Mothers and daughters -- Fiction |
| Subject | March family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 37106 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-37106-1 |
| Release Date | Aug 16, 2011 |
| Last Update | Sep 24, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 51283 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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